It looks like Paul Newman's posh right-turning Grand Prix racing won't likely make it to Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field. Which means local hoons looking for consolation must return to the idea of a turning steadily left at the proposed NASCAR track on Staten Island. The first SI public hearing on the track ended in something of a fracas, where a city councilman was reportedly placed in a tender headlock by an angry union worker (a NASCAR official dismissed the headlock as "a hug for the TV cameras"). The takeaway: one less reason to ever go near Staten Island, bringing the total well into the negative hundreds.

Feds won't green-light Brooklyn Grand Prix plans [NYDN]
Nascar's Plan for Staten Island Drawing Caution Flags [NYT]
ISC: Reports of Staten Island 'riot' overblown [NASCAR]

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